Wrench.



No. 772,844. PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904. 'H. STEIN. WRENCH. APPLICATION FIFE!) FEB. 5, 1904.

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5 Y Y Y A TTORNE r 6 w? WA T Na a V! w w Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.-

HERMAN STE IN, OF GEORGETOWN, MINNESOTA.

WRENCH.

I 5PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,844, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed February 5, 1904. Serialll'o' 192,117. (No model.)

To all 1071,0771 it nuty concern.- 7 S .Be it known that I, HERMAN STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a-resident of Georgetown, inthe county of Clay and State of Miunesota have invented a new and Improved Vv'rench, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a class of leverwrenches having a fixed jaw, a slidable jaw, and means for holding the slidable jaw at a desired distance from the fixed jaw, and has for its object to provide novel details of construction for a wrench of the class indicated which adapt the wrench fora very convenient drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which simllar characters of reference mdicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved wrench. Fig. 2 is a partly-sectional side View of the same, showing interior parts, the section being substantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View substantially on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The wrench-lever 5 is rectangular in crosssection and is provided with a fixed jaw 6 at one end that, as usual, is formed with a gripping-face a at a right angle to the adjacent side I) of the lever. A series of ratchet-teeth b is formed in the side of the lever 5, said teeth hooking toward the fixed jaw 6, and at the end of the series of ratchet-teeth farthest from the fixed jaw an abutment-flange c is formed.

A jaw 7, having a gripping-surface 0Z thereon, is mounted upon the wrench-lever 5, and, as clearly shown inFig. 2, this jaw is formed with a recess 6, that, extends throughout the length of said jaw 7. The recess a is rectangular in cross-section and is mainly open at the side which is farthest from the jaw-face d, a cross-bar 7* being formed opposite said jaw-face, affording a four-walled opening-that loosely receives the lever 5. It will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3 that the recess 6 is of considerable transverse dimension, thus alfordshown in Fig. 2, this dog is substantially L- shaped, having two members 8 8, that are disposed at a right angleto each other on their outer surface. The limb or dog member 8 is of less length than the other member, 8, and when in place the exterior surface of the limb 8- normally has loose contact with the bottom wall of the recess 6. When the dog member 8 is disposed as stated, the other member, 8, extends between the ratchet-teeth b and the bottom of the recess 6, and near the corner formed by the junction of the outer sides-of the dog a pivot e is inserted throtwh alinedperforations in the side walls of the recess 0 and the body of the dog. The mem-. ber 8 of the latch-dog is formed with a toe on its free end to engage the ratchet-teeth b.

Upon the cross-bar 7 one end of a platespring 9 is secured by screws 9 or other means, the free end of the spring extending toward and above the open end of the recess 6, and to adapt the spring for proper con tact with the edges of the back of the shank or lever 5 the free end of the spring may be slightly curved, so as to present a convex surface to said edges. In the bottom wall of the recess 0 at a suitable distance from the pivot e a threaded perforation is formed, wherein the threaded body of a set-bolt 10 is screwed, said bolt having a roughened head 10 to enable the bolt to be adjusted manually.

A conical perforation 7b is formed in the threaded perforation that receives the set-bolt 10, and the free end'of the set-bolt is reduced Assuming that the latch-dog members 8 8 are relatively disposed as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, it will be obvious that the slidable jaw 7 may be moved toward the fixed jaw 6 by pressure applied to the jaw 7, so that a nut or bolt-head may be engaged by said jaws if the object to be gripped is placed between said jaws.

When it is desired to firmly grip a nut or other angular object having two opposite sides, the loose jaw 7 should be moved up so as to contact with one side of the nut or bolthead, while the fixed jaw is in contact with the opposite side of the nut. The set-bolt 10 is now screwed into the wall of the jaw 7, so as to rock the member 8 outwardly, which will cause the free end of said dog member that is bedded in aspace between tworatchetteeth 6 to press upon the engaged straight Wall of the tooth and push the jaw 7 so as to cause it to bear forcibly upon a nut or the like and insure a tight grip of the wrenchjaws upon the article between them.

To release the grip of the wrench-jaws from an object, it is only necessary to screw the set-bolt 1O outward, which will release the jaws sufiiciently to permit the wrench to be removed from the object it has gripped, there being roughened places an formed on opposite sides of the loose jaw 7 to afford means for gripping the jaw and pulling it away from the spring 9, which will remove the dog member 8 from engagement with the ratchet-teeth I), so that the jaw may be slidably moved to any desired point on the lever 5, the abutment-flange c preventing the complete removal of the jaw.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A Wrench comprising a handle-lever, a fixed jaw at one end of saidlever, the jaw having a face at a right angle to a side of the lever, ratchet-teethin series formed on said side of the lever and hooking toward the lixcd jaw, an alnitnient-flange at the end of the series of teeth farthest from the fixed jaw, a recessed jaw having a cross-bar at one end and loosely mounted upon the handle-lever, an L-shaped latch-dog pivoted at its corner in the recess of the jaw and adapted to engage a toe on the end of one member thereof between adjacent ratehet-teeth, a plate-spring secured by one end and upon the cross-bar and pressing atits free end on the back of the shank or lever over the toe of the dog, a setbolt screwing into the bottom wall of the recess in the loose jaw, and means for loosely securing the inner end of the set-bolt in a perforation formed in the other member of the latch-dog.

2. A wrench comprising a handle-lever, a lixed jaw at one end of the lever, ratchet-teeth formed in the side of the handle-lever, opposite the gripping-face of the fixed jaw, said teeth hooking toward the lixcd jaw, a recessed jaw having a cross-bar at one end of the recess, an L-shaped latch-dog pivoted at its corner in the recess, one member of the dog having a toe adapted to engage between two adjacent ratchet-teeth, a plate-spring secured by one end upon the cross-bar and pressing its free end upon the back of the shank or lever above the toe of the latch-dog, a set-bolt screwing through the bottom wall of the recess and having a stem on its inner end, said stem having a loose engagement in an opposite perforation in the remaining member of the latchdog, and means for loosely securing the stem within said perforation.

ln testimony whcreofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN STEI N.

\Vitnesses:

(J. J. STEIN, H10 ZANK. 

